Franco Zeffirelli
Age: N/A | From: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Homepage: https://www.fondazionefrancozeffirelli.com/
Movie Involvements: 102
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli KBE, Grande Ufficiale OMRI (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), commonly known as Franco Zeffirelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko dzeffiˈrɛlli]), was an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was also a senator from 1994 until 2001 for the Italian centre-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics. He was also known for several of the movies he directed, especially the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His 1967 version of The Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remains the best-known film adaptation of that play as well. His miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown on Christmas and Easter in many countries. A Grande Ufficiale OMRI of the Italian Republic since 1977, Zeffirelli also received an honorary British knighthood in 2004 when he was created a KBE. He was awarded the Premio Colosseo in 2009 by the city of Rome.
Most Famous Work
Jesus of Nazareth
(1977) Creator
Endless Love
(1981) Director
Romeo and Juliet
(1968) Screenplay
The Taming of the Shrew
(1967) Screenplay
Tea with Mussolini
(1999) Novel
Jane Eyre
(1996) Screenplay
Hamlet
(1990) Screenplay
The Champ
(1979) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| Self - Director | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Self | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| 1999 | Self | |
| 1998 | Self | |
| 1994 | Self | |
| 1980 | Self | |
| 1978 | Narrator | |
| 1975 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Self | |
| 1972 | Self | |
| 1967 | Self | |
| 1965 | Self | |
| 1947 | Filippo Garrone | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2020 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2019 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2011 | Stage Director | |
| 2010 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2003 | Stage Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2001 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1989 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1986 | Director | |
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1979 | Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1977 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1976 | Stage Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1965 | Director | |
| 1962 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| 1955 | First Assistant Director | |
| 1954 | First Assistant Director | |
| 1953 | First Assistant Director | |
| 1952 | Assistant Director | |
| 1949 | Assistant Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Lighting
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Lighting Supervisor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Set Designer | |
| Production Design | ||
| 2018 | Production Design | |
| Set Designer | ||
| 2014 | Production Design | |
| 2009 | Production Design | |
| 1993 | Production Design | |
| Set Designer | ||
| 1990 | Production Design | |
| 1987 | Production Design | |
| 1986 | Production Design | |
| 1985 | Set Designer | |
| 1982 | Production Design | |
| Production Design | ||
| Set Designer | ||
| 1965 | Production Design | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Writer | |
| 2002 | Screenplay | |
| Original Story | ||
| 1999 | Novel | |
| 1996 | Screenplay | |
| 1994 | Screenplay | |
| 1990 | Screenplay | |
| 1988 | Original Story | |
| 1986 | Adaptation | |
| 1982 | Adaptation | |
| 1977 | Writer | |
| 1972 | Screenplay | |
| 1968 | Screenplay | |
| 1967 | Screenplay | |
| 1958 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |